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Bethlehem Shipbuilding Names

James H. Morris To U.S.A.

John C. Estes To Singapore

James H. Morris John C. Estes

After more than three years as vice presi- dent and general manager of Bethlehem Singa- pore Private Limited, a Singapore shipyard,

James H. Morris will return to the United

States as special assistant to Walter F. Wil- liams, vice president of Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration's shipbuilding department, according to an announcement by Mr. Williams.

John C. Estes will succeed Mr. Morris as vice president and general manager of the

Singapore facility, said Mr. Williams. Mr.

Estes is currently assistant to the general manager of Bethlehem S'teel's shipyard in

Beaumont, Texas.

Both appointments are effective October 1.

Mr. Morris, a native of Boston, Mass., was graduated from the Lowell Institute of Engi- neering, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, in 1936. He began his career with Beth- lehem Steel in 1931 at its former Quincy,

Mass., shipyard and moved to Sparrows Point,

Md., shipyard in 1940.

There, he became manager in 1956 and gen- eral manager in 1960. Seven years later, he became assistant to the vice president in charge of shipbuilding and 'became head of the Singa- pore yard in July 1970, where he was respon- sible for construction of the yard and start of its operations.

Mr. Morris is a member of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and serves on the executive committee of the Singa- pore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers.

A native of Birmingham, Ala., Mr. Estes received a bachelor of science degree in me- chanical engineering from the University of

Texas in 1946. He served in the U.S. Navy from November 1943 to June 1946 and again from February 1952 to December 1953, at- taining the rank of lieutenant.

After starting his career in shipbuilding in 1946, Mr. Estes joined Bethlehem Steel in 1949 at the Beaumont shipyard as a design engineer. In December 1953, he returned to the yard from the Navy, became assistant chief of design in 1954, and chief of design in 1958.

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About one and a half years later he became chief engineer, and in November 1971 he was named assistant to general man'ager at the

Beaumont facility, the position he held until his assignment to Singapore.

Mr. Estes is a member of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and is a professional engineer in Texas. In

Beaumont, Mr. Estes is a member of the

Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Busi- ness League, and was a solicitor for the United

Appeals.

Twelve Papers To Be Read

At SNAME Annual Meeting

Phillip Eisenberg, president of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, has announced that the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society will be held at The New York

Hilton in New York City on November 15-17, 1973.

The annual meeting of the council will be held on Wednesday, November 14.

The president will give his annual address at the Awards Luncheon to be held in the

Grand Ballroom of the hotel on Thursday, No- vember 15.

Simultaneous technical sessions will be held

November 16 and 17, at which 12 papers will be presented covering a wide range of subjects of vital interest to all affiliated with the ma- rine industry.

The annual business session will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 15.

The annual banquet will be held in the

Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton on

Friday evening, November 16, with president

Eisenberg presiding. The program will feature presentation of the prestigious Vice Admiral "Jerry" Land Medal "For Outstanding Ac- complishment in the Marine Field," and the

David W. Taylor Medal "For Notable Achieve- ment in Naval Architecture and Marine Engi- neering."

A ladies bruncheon and a program of enter- tainment will be held in the Warwick Room of The Warwick Hotel on Friday, November 16, starting at 10:30 a.m.

On .Saturday afternoon, the members will tour the Sea-Land Service, Inc. container ter- minal at Port Elizabeth, N.J.

The Society's annual dinner-dance, in the

Grand Ballroom of The New York Hilton on

Saturday evening, November 17, will conclude the 1973 annual meeting. 5'NAME's approximately 10,000 members represent a broad range of interest in the world- wide marine field.

Japanese Firm To Build/Market

Levingston-Designed Class III

Jack-Up Drilling Unit In Japan

Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering

Co. Ltd. (MODElC) signed a licensing agree- ment with Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, to market and build the

Levingston-designed Class HI Jackup Drilling

Unit in Japan.

The announcement was made by John C.

McDonald Jr., Levingston board chairman.

MOD'EC executives present for the signing were Jiro Nozu, managing director; Ryosuke

Arichi, manager, project development; Hira- yoshi Hamazaki, assistant manager of techni- cal department; Eizo Tanaka, assistant man- ager, technical department; Mr. McDonald;

H.M. (Bob) Jones, vice president, administra- tion, and Clarence Levingston, chief engineer- research, represented Levingston Shipbuilding.

The Levingston Class HI jack-up is triangu- lar in shape, has three legs, and incorporates a jacking system designed by Armco Steel's

Machinery and Equipment Division. Two of the units, both built in Orange, are in opera- tion at the present in the Gulf of Mexico.

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